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The Specialist Breast Care Nurse Within an Online Support Community: Adding the 16th Moment of Cancer Care
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The Specialist Breast Care Nurse Within an Online Support Community: Adding the 16th Moment of Cancer Care

C. Witney, J. Hendricks and V. Cope
International Journal for Human Caring, Vol.19(1), pp.33-39
2015
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Abstract

The presence and active participation of a specialist breast care nurse, as both a member and employed health professional in an online support community, can have positive effects on the knowledge, understanding, and supportive care of online community members who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and their supporters. The nurse in this instance is a SBCN; however, other specialist nurses could undertake a similar role within other disease-specific support websites.

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